🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 18 Nov 1997 23:56:03 GMT, mporadzi@xgpu.srv.ualberta.ca
(Mieszko) wrote:

>This thread is getting nowhere. If I was going to buy a computer
>merely for it's FPU, I'd go with the AMD. I have a P200 MMX and I've
>seen it work. I've also seen my pentium get toasted by AMD k6 166.
>

Yeah, i've seen some test scores where the p200 gets some pretty good
competition from the k166.  I was real impressed with the PII's
numbers though for Quake. (see tom's hardware page, cpu's) 
The socket 7 pack was in the low teens and the PII233 was up around 25
frames per second with no accelerator card. 
Did they IMPROVE the FPU in the Pentium II's ? 
I'm looking to upgrade and I think I'm going to jump from a 486 to a
PII.  The extra cost of the processor is less than the cost of a
"throw away" socket 7 board, cpu, and video card in the long run. 

>The point is, if you're going to play games, get yourself Ninetendo or
>Sony. AMD is definitely the choice for the money right now. 

even an amd 166 runs quake just fine.